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Posted on January 17, 2014 | 11:04 AM

It's not anymore Sisterakas. The record as the Philippines' all-time highest grossing film is now held by Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy starring Vice Ganda portraying four characters with different sexual orientations.

The achievement was announced during a thanksgiving party attended by box office director Wenn Deramas, ABS-CBN executives including President Charo Santos-Concio, Star Cinema head Malou Santos, and June Rufino of Viva Films which co-produced the movie.

According to Star Cinema, Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, an entry to the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) made history on Thursday as the highest grossing Philippine film of all time. The movie has earned P427 million since opening on Christmas Day.

Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy, which was hailed MMFF 2013 2nd Best Picture, may not be the festival's top grosser but in the days leading up to the closing, organizers reported that the movie ruled daily grosses. The two-week festival closed with Vice Ganda's movie just P450,000 short of the gross earnings of top grosser My Little Bossings. [Click here for the MMFF 2013 Final Gross tally]

My Little Bossings, starring Vic Sotto, Kris Aquino, Bimby Aquino Yap and Ryzza Mae Dizon, has also crossed the P400-million mark, making it the second highest-grossing film in history. Sisterakas, which also stars Vice Ganda and Kris Aquino, as well as Ai Ai Delas Alas, now settles in third place.

Posted on January 12, 2013 | 11:56 AM

Star Cinema and Viva Films' Sisterakas topbilled by Queen of All Media Kris Aquino, Comedy Queen Ai Ai Delas Alas and Phenomenal Box Office Star Vice Ganda was hailed as the highest grossing MMFF movie, as well as the top grossing Filipino film of all time.

In its official Twitter account, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which is in charge of the MMFF, reported a P342 million gross for Sisterakas during the film fest's 14-day run, which sealed its place as the highest grossing local film in history surpassing the box office success of Vice Ganda's The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin.

Meanwhile, MMFF 2012 Best Picture One More Try overtook erstwhile second-placer Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si Ako after 2 weeks with P170.5 million gross compared to the latter's official festival-long gross of P133.5 million. Shake, Rattle, and Roll 14 was a distant fourth, earning a total of P45.3 million.

Just like their previous releases, MMDA did not reveal the official figures for the four films The Strangers, El Presidente, Sosy Problems and Thy Womb. However, the committee declared a record-breaking MMFF gross this year with P767.8 million total gross for the eight entries or 21% higher compared to the 2011 record of P636.7 million.

Here is the 2012 MMFF January 8, 2013 official box office result (final box office tally).

Posted on January 6, 2013 | 12:48 PM

Star Cinema and Viva Films' Sisterakas starring Kris Aquino, Ai Ai Delas Alas and Vice Ganda is now on track to becoming the Philippines' highest grossing film of all time. The blockbuster comedy is said to have surpassed the P300 million mark in less than 2 weeks.

In a recent Twitter post by one of its lead stars Kris Aquino, Sisterakas had already grossed more than P320 million. The Queen of All Media thanked the fans for their movie's box office success.

As of Jan 5SisterakasGRAND TOTAL:P320,112,364.28Thank you for putting us on track to be highest grossing Pinoy film of all time!
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) January 6, 2013

With this feat, there's a huge possibility that Sisterakas will bump off Vice Ganda's The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin, currently the highest grossing Filipino film of all time.

Also directed by Wenn V. Deramas and featuring Vice Ganda, The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin 2011) earned P331.61 million after its local theatrical run, according to data from box office tracking service Box Office Mojo.

Sisterakas will be showing in theaters in about 4 weeks and with that span of time, surpassing the record of The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin is no moon's throw.

Posted on January 3, 2013 | 6:21 PM

Metro Manila Film Festival Day 8 – According to the latest box office results released by the festival committee, the MMFF 2012 total gross as of January 1, 2013 amounted to Php 512.9 million, a 5% increase from last year's MMFF box office tally for the same period.

Star Cinema and Viva Films' Sisterakas is the festival's top grosser for the period (since day 1) with P231.9 million gross after 8 days. Contrary to previous reports with unofficial box office tally, Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si AKO is still the second top grosser, beating Star Cinema's One More Try by about P13.2 million.

In 4th place is the horror movie Shake Rattle & Roll 14 but with a gross far from the top 3 entries. Just like their earlier official releases, the festival's committee did not provide box office data for movies other than the top 4 but are ranked according to their box office performance as follows: The Strangers, El Presidente, Sosy Problems, and Thy Womb.

Queen of all media Kris Aquino took to micro-blogging site Twitter her dismay on a recent review of her movie Sisterakas written by J.I.E Teodoro and published on GMAnetwork.com last December 31.

In her official Twitter account, Kris shared a link of the said article and encouraged her followers to read the piece. In a reply to one of her followers, Kris said that the piece is not a review but more of a personal attack against her.

"Read the piece. Simple reply, how sad for him because i'm here to stay & will try my best to bug him for many yrs more!," shared Kris. "Actually it wasn't a review, more of a personal attack against me, that's y [sic] I am grateful to my audience because u [sic] negate his view," replied Kris to one of her followers who said that the review is biased.

@riokools actually it wasn’t a review, more of a personal attack against me, that’s y I am grateful to my audience because u negate his view
— Kris Aquino (@krisaquino214) January 2, 2013

Teodoro, a professor and blogger, in his review said that Sisterakas is a "shamelessly 'money-trip' movie" that is purely driven by profit with Ai Ai Delas Alas as the only "saving grace." Teodoro also wrote that Kris Aquino is the "greatest disgrace" of the movie as she cannot deliver punchlines and awkward in doing comedy, which he said is a far more difficult genre than drama or horror.

As a message to Teodoro, Kris said that she will never leave showbiz to bug the reviewer. "That’s y [sic] I want to be around to give him so much more reasons to be bitter- hehehe," Kris said in a reply to a fan.

Posted on January 2, 2013 | 6:34 PM

MMFF 2012 7th Day – Star Cinema and Viva Films' Sisterakas breaches the P200 million mark one week after its was released in theaters. The Kris-Ai Ai-Vice Ganda movie now have an estimated gross of P202.7 million, still leading the box office tally board.

Another Star Cinema entry, One More Try is still in second place with around P131.7 million in gross sales after 7 days. Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si AKO is settling in third place and is expected to hit the P100 million mark on its second week.

The box office ranking for the other 5 films—Shake Rattle & Roll 14, The Strangers, Sosy Problems, El Presidente and Thy Womb—is unchanged since day 5. Latest box office tally suggested that the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival will beat last year's record, coming to a total gross of more than P600 million for first week alone.

Posted on January 1, 2013 | 9:20 PM

Aside from Star Cinema and Viva Films, the lead stars of Sisterakas Vice Ganda, Kris Aquino and Ai Ai Delas Alas also shared a sum of money for the film's production. Among the three, the comedy queen had the biggest investment.

Ai Ai Delas Alas has the 12.5% share in investment while Kris and Vice Ganda both have a little over 6% share for the film.

In a reply to a fan, Kris Aquino said that she wanted to invest more in the film.

"I wanted to invest more but Star Cinema has 50%, Viva 25% & the remaining 25 divided among @vicegandako, AiAi & me," Kris tweeted. "Ai Ai will earn the most among the 3 of us- she had biggest investment!," she replied to another.

According to Kris Aquino, Sisterakas had already grossed P207.3 million on its first week of showing in theaters. The movie set a record-high P39.2 million gross on its first day in cinemas, the highest opening gross for any Filipino film in history.

Posted on December 31, 2012 | 8:29 PM

Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2012) Best Picture One More Try has breached the P100-million mark on the sixth day of showing. The Star Cinema adult family drama had already grossed P102.3 million, second only to the box office success of Sisterakas which now will hit the P200-million mark a week after it was released in theaters.

Completing the top 3 top grosser is the fantasy-comedy film Si Agimat, Si Enteng Kabisote at Si AKO with a gross of P82.9 million.

Meanwhile, the two horror films, Shake Rattle & Roll 14 and The Strangers are in a neck-to-neck battle for the 4th and 5th place. The box office ranking is unchanged since day 4 for the last three films—Sosy Problems, El Presidente and Thy Womb.

Here is the 2012 MMFF 6th day unofficial box office result. To see the box office figures for the first four days, just click the respective links (Day 1, 2, 3 and so on) in the table below.